384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in World War II

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Bad News For The Enemy

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Dom (2 Feb 2005): "Bad news for the enemy, yes, fortunately indeed... But, please remember that thousands of french civilians perished in 1944 from allied bombings of Norman cities (all of them were almost totally destroyed)... Just colateral risks?"

Webmaster: After researching the activities of the WWII bomber forces - and listening to the few stories my father told of his combat experiences - I can say that the unfortunate and deeply regretted loss of civilian life was avoided as a first priority in combat operations over occupied lands. It was less of a priority in the German homeland, as German workers were a significant resource in the Nazi war machine. Please do not, dear visitors, think that war is a precision undertaking, even today. We give imperfect people imperfect weapons, and order them to do the nearly impossible. They are heroes who did the best they could. War is hell - there is no doubt. However the suggestion that the lives of some French people were thought to be unimportant, denies the fact that many of our brave aviators died themselves while carrying out their missions as briefed, which were designed to assure the least likelihood of injuring the innocent residents of occupied lands. Not all missions, of course, but it was a priority traded off in men and machines - the horrible calculus of war...

Wes Askew (25 Feb 2006): "War is indeed HELL, however, all of this could have been prevented had European governments, the French especially given their geographical proximity to Germany and with the history of WWI aggression still fresh in their nostrils, would have had the courage to confront the obvious military buildup in Germany, in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles - 1918. Further, they tried appeasement by allowing Hitler to march into Czechoslovakia and the Sudentenland by burying their heads in the sand...remember the "Chamberlain Note"? Once again America came to their assistance and kicked the Nazi's out of France...the French haven't won a war since Napoleon. In war all civilian casualties are regrettable, but if it were not for America and her military intervention, the French would still be speaking German."

Note from Webmaster - Let us commit together to maintaining Freedom at all costs, and to the maintenance of Peace, unless Freedom is again under siege.

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